Apple Watch 8 charged slowly, resolved after reboot

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My Watch 8 running OS 26.2.1 suddenly began charging very slowly. I have no objective data, but the difference was obvious. After trying different chargers and cables and checking software updates, etc. I shut the watch down, then rebooted and all is fine again.

Posted on Feb 11, 2026 9:57 AM

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Feb 12, 2026 1:50 AM in response to jack3030

The same thing happened on my Ultra 2 in the past, the force restart restored the function again.

Don't forget to update to watchOS 26.3, which just has been released.

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